Shogun Lifesciences Private Limited.
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: Jan 1st, 2024
Shogun Lifesciences Private Limited., including its subsidiaries and its affiliates (“Shogun Lifesciences,” the “Company” or “we”) believe that the responsible use of personal information is critical to our business objectives and reputation. As part of our commitment to privacy, we have adopted this Privacy Policy (“Policy”). The extent and type of information we receive from you depends on the information provided to us. The purpose of this Policy is to ensure that all individuals whose Personally Identifiable Information is collected by Shogun Lifesciences are well informed about how and why Shogun Lifesciences collects Personally Identifiable Information and what rights are available to them, including under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California Consumer Privacy Act (‘CCPA’) and any other applicable data protection legislation, hereinafter referred as data protection laws.
This Policy is intended to provide website users, customers, employees,
job applicants, business partners/ vendors and other service providers
with information on how Shogun Lifesciences collects, protects and uses
Personally Identifiable Information.
This Policy applies to
all business units, processes and systems in all countries in which
Shogun Lifesciences conducts business and has dealings or other business
relationships.
This Policy applies to all employees,
directors, contractors, consultants, advisors or service providers that
may collect, process, or have access to Personally Identifiable
Information of individual data subjects.
a) Introduction
Shogun Lifesciences respects individual privacy and values the confidence
of its customers, employees, job applicants, business partners/ vendors.
The Company collects, uses and discloses Personally Identifiable
Information in a manner consistent with the laws of the countries in
which it does business. The Company has a tradition of upholding the
highest ethical standards in its business practices.
We have
implemented industry-standard security safeguards designed to protect
the Personally Identifiable Information that you may provide. We also
periodically monitor our system for possible vulnerabilities and
attacks, consistent with industry standards.
Your privacy is
important to us. We believe it is pertinent for you to know how we treat
the Personally Identifiable Information that we receive from you. This
privacy policy explains what Personal Data we collect from you through
our interactions with you on our website, and how we use that data.
IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE
SERVICES AND SITES OF SHOGUN LIFESCIENCES. CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES AND
SITES OF SHOGUN LIFESCIENCES CONSTITUTES YOUR FREELY GIVEN, SPECIFIC AND
INFORMED CONSENT AND AGREEMENT TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA BEING PROCESSED
PURSUANT TO THIS POLICY.
b) Definitions
“Controller” means the natural or legal person, public
authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others,
determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data;
where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union
or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its
nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
“Data
Subject” means an identifiable natural person who can be
identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an
identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an
online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical,
physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of
that natural person.
“Joint Controller” means two
or more controllers jointly determining the purposes and means of
processing Personal Data.
“Personal Data” and
“Personal Information” means any information relating to an
individual that can be used to identify that individual either on its
own or in combination with other readily available data.
“Pixels”
means small, graphic images on web pages, web-based documents, or in
email messages that allow us or third parties to monitor who is visiting
our Sites (or other third-party sites) or if an email has been read.
“Processor”
means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body
which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
“Special
Categories of Data” means Personal Data revealing racial or ethnic
origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade
union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for
the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning
health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual
orientation.
“We”, “our”, and
“us” in this Privacy Policy refer to Shogun Lifesciences Digital
Inc., its affiliates and any legally empaneled sub-processor or
contractor delivering the services and products herein.
“You”
means the individual to whom any given Personal Data covered by this
Privacy Policy refers.
a) Authorized Users
The Sites are not intended for children under the age of 18. If you are under 18 years old, please do not provide information of any kind whatsoever on the Sites. If you are the parent of a child under 18 and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us via Section XI below and we will remove that information.
b) Information you actively submit
Any Personal Information we collect is used only to respond to your
inquiry, consider your application, process an order or allow you to
access specific account information, and is not shared with third
parties except as described in this Policy. We do not collect or
otherwise process Personal Information about race, religion, sexual
orientation, health or any other information that is deemed to be
sensitive in the ordinary course of business with the exception of
employees and job applicants.
Careers. If you decide that you
wish to apply for a job with us, you may submit your contact information
and your resume through Shogun Lifesciences Sites. We will collect the
information you choose to provide with your application. We will use
information provided by you in connection with your application for
employment to assess your qualifications and we may share this
information with clients and affiliates of Shogun Lifesciences solely in
connection with our efforts to evaluate you for a position at Shogun
Lifesciences or for assignment to one or more Shogun Lifesciences clients. We
may retain application information provided by you for consideration in
connection with the position that you actively apply for and other
positions at Shogun Lifesciences, its affiliates and its clients that may
become available in the future. Applicant information may be retained
for these purposes for time period specified in Data Retention
Policy.
We do not seek to collect or otherwise process any Personally Identifiable Information for any other purpose other than what is legitimate; and we do so in accordance with applicable law
C) Modes of collection of data
Personal Information collected either electronically or physically,
including but not limited to emails, cold calls, resumes, social media
networking sites, subscription to databases, prospective candidate
search engines and online identifiers, etc.
Policy statement
Shogun Lifesciences shall protect its customers, employees and
job applicants’, website user’s information / data deemed as
‘Personal’ and / or ‘Private’. We will not sell
or disclose the records to any third party except as may be required by
law.
Any information that is provided to us in the course of
interacting with our project staff or support departments shall be held
in confidence. This includes information (including, but not limited to
email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, bank account details,
credit card numbers and medical history), as well as any data that is
supplied to us in the course of business engagement.
You can
visit most of our sites without registering or actively submitting
Personal Data to us. If you do not register, general technical user
data, including but not limited to, your device’s Internet
Protocol (IP) address, operating system and browser type, and the date
and time of your visit, may be automatically collected through the use
of “cookies”.
d) Combination & synchronization
We may combine and synchronize information that your device transmits, information that you actively submit and information that we obtain from third party sources (including web publishers, advertisers, data brokers and online service providers that may have obtained information from you or your devices via cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies for the purpose of analytics and ecommerce).
e) Information tracking technologies
A technology called cookies may be used to provide you with tailored information. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive, so we can recognize you when you return.
If you prefer to not receive cookies while browsing the website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting them and refuse the cookie(s) when your browser warns you, or you can set your browser to refuse all cookies from the website (or certain parts of the website), and/or you can delete cookies received from the website using your browser, for instance. Cookie handling instructions vary depending on the particular browser being used, and Shogun Lifesciences does not assume responsibility for any undesired results arising from altering your browser's cookie handling settings.
We may use, and allow third parties to use, pixels (sometimes called web beacons) on our Sites (or other third-party sites). Pixels may be linked to your Personal Information, and they collect the IP address of the device to which the web beacon is sent (for geolocation lookup), the URL of the page the web beacon comes from, the user agent string (for device lookup), and the time it was viewed. Shogun Lifesciences may use a Pixel or cookie to examine what is happening on third-party websites, including programs and sites with marketing and advertising partners, to improve the understanding of site traffic at a granular level and other services provided.
f) Business information
We do collect Personal Data of our employees, including job candidates and contact names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of our business partners, including buyers, suppliers and vendors, for the administration of our business relationships. If you feel that your Personal Data or personally identifiable information is being collected inappropriately, please notify us at info@shogunlifesciences.com.
III Purpose & use of collected Personal Identifiable Information
Shogun Lifesciences uses the data collected for three main purposes,
described in detail below.
1. Operations. To operate our business including the official website,
we use data collected to assess queries, requirements, and process
requests for services, to assess website usage and to deliver our
services to clients and potential clients.
2. Communications: We use data collected to communicate with you and
personalize our communications with you. Additionally, you can sign up
for email subscriptions and choose whether you wish to receive
promotional communications from Shogun Lifesciences by email, SMS, post and
telephone or other means of communication. We may process your Personal
Information to contact you via email, telephone, SMS or other methods of
communication to provide you with information regarding our offerings
that may be of interest to you.
3. Careers. We may use information provided by you in connection with
your application for employment to assess your qualifications for
employment and we may share this information with clients and affiliates
of Shogun Lifesciences solely in connection with our efforts to evaluate you
for current and future positions at Shogun Lifesciences and for assignment
to one or more Shogun Lifesciences clients.
IV Data protection rights – Data Protection Laws (Including GDPR & CCPA)
When we process Personal Data about you, we do so with your consent
and/ or as necessary to provide the website you use, operate our
business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the
security of our systems and our customers, or fulfil other legitimate
interests of Shogun Lifesciences as described in this privacy policy.
Below,
you will find additional privacy information that you may find
important. Shogun Lifesciences adheres to applicable data protection laws
including the GDPR in the European Union, which if applicable, includes
the following rights:
Do Not Sell My Information
While Shogun Lifesciences does not sell your Personal Information in exchange for any monetary consideration, we do share your information for other purposes, including analysis and ecommerce with third party channels and ad words, that could be deemed a “sale” as defined by the CCPA. We support the CCPA and wish to provide you with control over how your personal information is collected and shared. This section has been provided to make it easy for you to understand and exercise your rights.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Information we
receive, process, or maintain is accurate, complete, and reliable for
its intended use. We rely on the accuracy of the information provided
directly to us but accept responsibility for the management and
confidentiality of the Personal Information collected.
In
general, we keep Personal Information only as long as we need it to
provide you the services you requested, to consider your application for
current and future positions or for the purpose for which the
information was provided. We may also process data on behalf of third
parties who have engaged us. We keep Personal Information processed on
behalf of third parties for as long as needed to provide services to
third party in question. However, we reserve the right to retain
Personal Information for any period required by law or to comply with
our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our
agreements.
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Information that we process is limited to the purposes set out in this policy or as required to provide you services or access to the services.
VII Sharing of Personal Information and Accountability for Onward Transfer
a) Information associated with your name is shared in accordance with the procedures stated as follows:
b) International transfers
If you are visiting this website
from a country other than the country in which our servers are located,
your communications with us will result in the transfer of information
across international boundaries. By visiting this website and
communicating electronically with us, you consent to such cross-border
transfers.
Shogun Lifesciences is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
Shogun Lifesciences uses reasonable security measures in an effort to
prevent loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control.
However, we cannot guarantee the security of information on or
transmitted via the Internet. We rely on various security procedures and
systems to ensure the secure storage and transmission of data, including
encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties, to
effect secure transmission of confidential information. We have no
control over the security of other sites you might visit, interact with
or do business with.
If we learn of a security systems
breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can
take appropriate protective steps. Shogun Lifesciences may post a notice on
the Shogun Lifesciences Site if a security breach occurs. We may also send
an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these
circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right
to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free
written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from
receiving electronic notice) you should notify us.
Our Sites may contain links to external websites, and areas where you can provide information to third-parties. These are provided for your convenience only, and we do not have control over the content or privacy and security practices and policies of such third parties or third-party sites. Any Personal Information you provide in such areas, and on such linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy. Please learn about the privacy and security practices and policies of external websites and third-parties before providing them with Personal Information.
XI Choice Regarding Collection, Use & Distribution of Personal Information
You can choose to opt-out whenever your Personal Information is (i) to
be disclosed to a third party or (ii) to be used for a purpose that is
materially different from the purpose(s) for which it was originally
collected or subsequently authorized by you.
If you choose to
opt-out, please contact us via email at info@shogunlifesciences.com. In such an event, you will be only able to
access public areas of the Sites and may be limited in the use of Shogun
Lifesciences’s Sites. In certain cases, limiting the use and
disclosure of your personal data may impact functionality or prevent the
use of Shogun Lifesciences products or services.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we
decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will prominently post those
changes here and any other place we deem appropriate, so you are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we make any material changes,
we will notify you by means of a notice on this site prior to the change
becoming effective. We will use information in accordance with the
privacy policy under which the information was collected.
We
use a self-assessment approach to address compliance with this Privacy
Policy, verifying periodically that the policy is accurate,
comprehensive, and addresses the privacy requirements applicable to the
markets we serve.
Periodically, our operations and business
practices are reviewed for compliance with corporate policies and
procedures governing the confidentiality of information.
If you have any comments, questions or concerns about any of the information in this Policy, or any other issues relating to the processing of user information carried out by us, or on our behalf, please contact us by email at info@shogunlifesciences.com.